Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain
Author: John Grindrod
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest or monumental, present us with a liv-ing history of Britain. They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape. In Iconicon, John Grindrod takes us on a captivating journey around these landmark buildings, from 1980 to the present day. Along the way he encoun-ters the architects and planners of these national icons, as well as the people who have lived and worked within their walls. From the Right to Buy to Gen-eration Rent, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an end-lessly engaging and witty piece of social history.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest or monumental, present us with a liv-ing history of Britain. They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape. In Iconicon, John Grindrod takes us on a captivating journey around these landmark buildings, from 1980 to the present day. Along the way he encoun-ters the architects and planners of these national icons, as well as the people who have lived and worked within their walls. From the Right to Buy to Gen-eration Rent, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an end-lessly engaging and witty piece of social history.
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Author: John Grindrod
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest or monumental, present us with a liv-ing history of Britain. They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape. In Iconicon, John Grindrod takes us on a captivating journey around these landmark buildings, from 1980 to the present day. Along the way he encoun-ters the architects and planners of these national icons, as well as the people who have lived and worked within their walls. From the Right to Buy to Gen-eration Rent, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an end-lessly engaging and witty piece of social history.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 464
Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest or monumental, present us with a liv-ing history of Britain. They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape. In Iconicon, John Grindrod takes us on a captivating journey around these landmark buildings, from 1980 to the present day. Along the way he encoun-ters the architects and planners of these national icons, as well as the people who have lived and worked within their walls. From the Right to Buy to Gen-eration Rent, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an end-lessly engaging and witty piece of social history.
Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain